Iowa
Old Press
Postville Review
Postville, Allamakee County, Iowa
November 30, 1906
CHARLES ALPHEUS ABEL
Was born in Pittsburg, Pa., April 2, 1856, and died in Chicago,
Ill., Nov. 26, 1906, aged 50 years, 7 months and 24 days. He came
to Iowa at the age of nine years and lived in Hardin and vicinity
until he had attained his majority. When entering upon his
business career he came to Postville, where he made his home for
eighteen years. In 1899 he with his family removed to Marion,
Iowa, where he resided for two years, then built a home in Cedar
Rapids, where he remained until three months ago when the home
was sold and a new home found in Chicago. His rapid decline and
sudden death were caused by hemorrhage of the brain. He leaves
his wife, Cora C. Abel, and only child, Mrs. G. Avery Reeder, of
San Francisco, Cal., to mourn his loss. The remains reached
Postville on the forenoon train Monday and were immediately taken
to Postville cemetery, where after a brief service they were
deposited in the grave. Charley Abel was well known to all
Postville people, and as a buyer of stock for a number of years
extended his acquaintance very generally over a considerable
scope of country. He was a man of splendid physique and manly
bearing, an agreeable companion and warm friend, possessed of
good business capabilities and in an honorable way acquired a
competence of this world's good. With many friends we regret that
he is no more. The family wish to thank the friends for their
service in laying to rest the body of their beloved husband and
father.
[transcribed by M.D., April 2008]